Candi Hironaka Outstanding LEAD 212 Class Leader Award

This award is named in honor of retired faculty member Candi Hironaka. Candi is a developer of people who provided direction, mentoring, and support to hundreds of LEAD 212 Class Leaders for over a decade working in Leadership Studies. This annual award recognizes Class Leaders who carry on Candi’s tradition of care and excellence in performing their peer leader role, as a facilitator of learning, a mentor, a community builder, and a teaching team member.

Past recipients

2026 Graysen Denning, Hugh Sidabutar, Kerston Sipes, Claire Thurnau

2025 Jamie Cordes, Erin Jackson, Courtney Reiners

2024 Sarah Gulledge, KB Hennes, Emily Lanie, Josh Munda

2023 Audrey Burgoon, Meagan Parkins, Gage Roberts, Katie Whittley

2022 Lexi Cannizzo, Tara Foster, Hope Klausmeyer, Kinsley Searles

2021 Jenae Anderson, Rhett Pierce, Wyatt Steining, Isabelle Woodrum

2020 Lorena Juanez, Matt Plummer, Hannah Valentine, Emily Wollard

2019 Alyssa Frey, Megan Zeman, Connor Davis

2018 Taylor Anderson, Madison Ogle

2017 Kayla Wilkinson, Bailey Porter, Shunyce Battles

2016 Michael Lee, Katelyn Meek, Emily Gray